The Hand of God ball is up for grabs! To be auctioned to the highest bidder. And because he is no longer with us it won’t go to the maximal fibber! (God bless his memory for Diego is footballing deity) I hear a forensics team maybe on hand – fingerprints will be a match for […]

“One poem follows another” Just like Haaland’s goals But elsewhere the scores dry up And another coach’s head rolls And so it is That tetchy Tuchel takes leave But do mighty Chelsea Have a handy replacement up their sleeve?

Striker like poet Blesses ‘net with poise n prose Masterful finish

If not for you, I would never have made it to training, or to the match, or to the trials If not for you, I would never have read my first word from the back page of your newspaper (Chelsea… and there began many a trialling time!) If not for you, I would never have […]

I watch the Tour de France highlights with a “rouleur’s” relentless interest. I gasp as a chain chinks and sit appalled as a prime performer punctures… so many junctures and yet as the “domestique” dutifully delivers drinks to his preternaturally gifted peers… I see beyond the racing rubber tyres the Shimano gears and the “Maillot […]